getting more info (fwd)

[Christina Thiele]

Here's what I've now sent off to Antoniou.

Ch.

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Forwarded message:
> From cthiele Tue Mar 11 22:54:03 2003
> Subject: getting more info
> To: aantoniou at shaw.ca
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:54:03 -0500 (EST)
> X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL5]
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> Prof. Antoniou, I've been looking at the various files you've provided
> and have processed the testmath.tex file. I'm afraid that my output is
> _not_ defective -- neither the harcopy _nor_ the screen display show
> the problems your .pdf files present (by the way, very clever
> mechanisms you used to get these to me -- much appreciated).
>
> The one file that just doesn't get here is the famous dviwindo.ini
> file. Have I mentioned that you just need to set `View > Details' in
> Explorer and all the system files will become visible. On my NT
> machine, the file is in c:\winnt -- perhaps your Win2000 machine has a
> directory called something like c:\windows? In any event, the .ini
> file is NOT in the c:\yandy tree.
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> I'd like to now suggest that we use ftp to move it here. Or, that you
> simply cut and paste it into your mail window as the message
> contents. But any mention of `*.ini' in the file and the virus
> checker/catcher/attacker at this end immediately purges the material.
>
> The ftp info for dropping off here is:
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> 1. FTP to ftp.ccs.carleton.ca
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> 2. Go to /incoming.
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> 3. Deposit the file -- NOTE: again for security reasons, one cannot
>    list files in /incoming so you have to tell me the exact filename
>    (and hopefully without typos!).
>
> 4. Mail me that the file is there, and cc your message to
>    root at ccs.carleton.ca, so that they're aware that the file is
>    supposed to be there for pick-up -- otherwise, during their
>    periodic checking, they'll just delete the file as being an
>    undocumented deposit.
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> Now, moving on from the above. Some questions which perhaps you've
> addressed since the last time we were working on this:
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> 1. did you install the .pfb files for the CM fonts in c:\psfonts
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> 2. do you still get an error message about lsd not being available for
>    screen display?
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> 3. and have you considered the possibility that this blue screen you
>    were getting while trying to uninstall Y&YTeX might be a more
>    serious issue, perhaps at the OS level ... For example, did you get
>    the same problem when using the Win2000 uninstall routine for
>    removing ATM? Or did you use the ATM uninstall utility? All this
>    adding/removing may have messed up the registry, which I'm told is
>    an awful place to go and edit ;-(
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> Ch.
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